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Local Happenings in Algona and Surrounding Areas
Miss Hattie Stephens visits Algona friends while Finkle travels to Germania to train horses. Tom Clancy visits from Pomeroy, and a set of keys is left at the Courier office for owners. Several locals and visitors, including McComb, Johnson, Scott, and others, are mentioned with travels, births, illnesses, and social events. The Swedish Lutheran ladies plan an ice cream social, while Mrs. Faber dislocated a shoulder in a runaway. The Wehler brothers buy Dingley’s jewelry business, and Har rington Dickinson uncover the Boals farm snap for $50 per acre, promising profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gilbert
North Dakota
Algona
Sam Anderson
Sam
John Lamuth
Moline
J. H. Jones
Des Moines
St. Paul
Zada Dingley
F. W. Dingley
Will Cordingley
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Cordingley
Blanche Julian
Spokane
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Lafe Griffin
Redfield
S. C
J. L. Sample
Corwith
W. H. Reed
Ladies’ Society
Swedish Lutheran Church
Vanderlinden House
E. North Street
Wehler Brothers
Fred
Herman
F. W
Dingley
Madeira
Webley
Mrs. Kyle
Harrington & Dickinson
B. F. Crose
Boals
Pim